The Compassionate Temperament: Care and Cruelty in Modern SocietyRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 20/12/2000 - 144 من الصفحات The argument of this book is that it is in the nature of modernity to foster compassion. Most critics tend to think of modernity as corrosive of moral sentiments. They see clearly the way in which modernity breaks down older social bonds, but they are much less attentive to the ways in which it also builds new ones. This book offers an historically informed corrective to this common view. Sznaider demonstrates that compassion, understood as the organized campaign to lessen the suffering of strangers, is a distinctly modern form of morality. It played an important role in the rise of modern society, and it continues to play an important role today. And when waves of compassion break out into demands for political action, these demands need to be understood rather than criticized as excuses or irrelevancies. Incorporating and critiquing the work of Arendt, Foucault, and other social theorists, this book is both erudite and historically rich—sure to be both controversial and influential among those who debate modernity, morality, and social justice. |
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... capitalism , it is necessary to show that these his- torically specific forms of compassion differ from earlier ones . Hannah Arendt has remarked : History tells us that it is by no means a matter of course for the spectacle of misery ...
... capitalism , it is necessary to show that these his- torically specific forms of compassion differ from earlier ones . Hannah Arendt has remarked : History tells us that it is by no means a matter of course for the spectacle of misery ...
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... capitalist forms of economic life and social relations were gaining ascendancy . They proposed a Christianized capitalism , an ethic for self - interest resting upon the providential order in the political and natural worlds . They also ...
... capitalist forms of economic life and social relations were gaining ascendancy . They proposed a Christianized capitalism , an ethic for self - interest resting upon the providential order in the political and natural worlds . They also ...
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... capitalism . The market , through its universal features , allows people participating in it to enter - independent ... capitalist society partly responsible for this , namely democracy . We have suggested that with the lessening of ...
... capitalism . The market , through its universal features , allows people participating in it to enter - independent ... capitalist society partly responsible for this , namely democracy . We have suggested that with the lessening of ...
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... capitalist - market societies . Durkheim took some of his cues not only from Tocqueville , but also from the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer . Schopenhauer wrote in 1840 an essay called " On the Basis of Morality , " in which he ...
... capitalist - market societies . Durkheim took some of his cues not only from Tocqueville , but also from the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer . Schopenhauer wrote in 1840 an essay called " On the Basis of Morality , " in which he ...
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... capitalism ( the market ) and democracy ( civic equality and citizenship ) . Sociological research in the problem of pain has mainly been in- formed by Mark Zbrowski's book People in Pain ( 1969 ) , a study in the social and cultural ...
... capitalism ( the market ) and democracy ( civic equality and citizenship ) . Sociological research in the problem of pain has mainly been in- formed by Mark Zbrowski's book People in Pain ( 1969 ) , a study in the social and cultural ...
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Cruelty to Children | 45 |
Democracy and Child Welfare | 61 |
The Universalization of Compassion | 83 |
Conclusion | 99 |
Bibliography | 105 |
Index | 123 |
About the Author | 129 |
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